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Action begins Tuesday for Team USA at Intercontinental Cup in Prague, Czech Republic

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Click here to view Live Stream USA v. Denmark 430am EDT, 130am PDT; USA v. New Zealand 1030am, 730am PDT Prague, Czech Republic — Members of the 2018 USA Softball Men’s National Team (MNT) have landed in Prague for the Intercontinental Cup.  Dubbed “The Battle of the Continents”, Team USA will face off against Argentina, host country Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan and … [Read more...]

New Zealand Golden Home Black Sox name new squad for 2018 Intercontinental Cup in Prague

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Click link for official press release from Softball New Zealand: GOLDEN HOMES BLACK SOX NAME NEW SQUAD FOR PRAGUE TOURNAMENT Text of the press release (link to original above): 20 March, 2018 Six new players have been named for the GOLDEN HOMES NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX’S next tour but head coach Mark Sorenson and some of his senior world champions are taking time out.  … [Read more...]

Top players battle it out in New Zealand Black Sox trial series. (Feb 10-11, 2018)

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Editor's note: These games were played last weekend; we are posting as we thought you would still enjoy a bit of information about the "Clash of Titans", New Zealand and the Czech Republic.   The latter will host the WBSC World Cup Championship in Prague in 2019. Information courtesy of Softball New Zealand: The top players in the country will have an opportunity to impress … [Read more...]

Czech Republic National Team’s New Zealand Tour – VIDEO of games

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The Czech Republic National Softball team opened their campaign last night 8/2/2018. (February 8, 2018)   A night game v Brad Rona’s Northcote Premier Men Club side. Northcote run out victors 5-1. Starting pitcher Pita Rona got the win. With Northcote’s 17 year old raising star Dylan Fraser-List came in relief for 3 innings and then Rona reentered to closed out the match & … [Read more...]

World’s top men’s fastpitch in Europe in 2018

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Cap tip Blair Setford Editor's note: Great summary of upcoming Men's World Championship events over the next few years, by Helena Novotna at EuropeanSoftball.org A meeting of the Men’s Fastpitch Development Commission took place in New Zealand, in February, during the Challenge Cup competition. The meeting was led by the Chair of the Commission, Rex Capil from New Zealand. … [Read more...]